Note: By Victorian Compositors.
Issue Details: First known date: 1885... 1885 The Australasian Printers' Keepsake : A Selection of Tales, Essays, Sketches, and Verse, Illustrative of the Craft in Australia
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:E. Fitzgerald , 1885 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Retrospect of Colonial Printing, Edward Fitzgerald , single work criticism

'In attempting to convey to an ordinary reader a concise view of 'the art preservative of other arts' in our Southern Land, we have been principally dependent upon the progress of printing in the Colony of Victoria, as that with which we are the most conversant. To attempt a detailed history of colonial printing is beyond the scope and intention of the writers; it would occupy far too much room, and it would require much more research than we are willing to bestow on the subject. At the same time we give a succinct outline of what has been effected in journalism in Australia, for that is really the end of the introduction of the Columbian press or the modern machine in our inland districts - to print newspapers and disseminate intelligence. Almost every little township now has its paper, and some have two or more; and the number is steadily increasing every year. Of course there are many which spring up only to wither away again; but wherever a newspaper is conducted with ability and on a sound commercial basis, its longevity and success is assured.' (p 1)

(p. 1-8)
The Eight Hours Anniversary : Cornumani Festum. : XI. ID Aprilis M.DCCC.LXXXIVi"Dies Octo Horarum! Dies Valde notanda!", R. H. R. S. , single work poetry (p. 9-11)
The Australian Grampians : An Expedition to Hall's Gap in 1869, Thomas L. Work , single work prose travel (p. 12-22)
The German Musei"No Augustan age then flourished,", Friedrich Schiller , Frederick Martin Koerner (translator), single work poetry (p. 22)
The Legend of Lonely Creeki"No one will work at that frame, for 'tis said", Alba. , single work poetry (p. 23-25)
Catarrhal Sonnet-Fourth of Julyi"Im-mortle Washintub! I kalkitale", single work poetry (p. 25)
A Pastoral from the Back-Blocks : Kangaroo and Platypusi"Plat - Happy your life, my longicaudate friend", R. H. R. S. , single work poetry (p. 26)
Mesologue, or Intermediate Addressi"One moment, friends, ere we the curtain haul!", Thomas L. Work , single work poetry (p. 33-35)
The Joy of Solitudei"Away to some sequestered nook,", Benjamin Hoare , single work poetry (p. 35)
The Songs of Other Daysi"Sing me the songs of other days-", Andrew Cook , single work poetry (p. 36)
The Unexpected Recognition, Alba. , single work prose humour (p. 40)
Sonnet. - The Aurora Australisi"There is a light just verging o'er the South;", John Russell Sothern , single work poetry (p. 40)
Printing Past and Presenti"'Our Golden day of printing's o'er!", Alba. , single work poetry (p. 41)
Caxton's Noviate at Bruges, Thomas L. Work , single work prose (p. 42-45)
Untitledi"When building up the Gothic type", Thomas L. Work , single work poetry (p. 45)
The Phantom Printersi"In an Ancient German city", Frederick Martin Koerner , single work poetry (p. 46-47)
The Colonial Turnoveri"Come and behold our typographic cage,", Alba. , single work poetry (p. 47-48)
Newcastle Printers : The Famous Barrel of Beer Experiment, Alba. , single work autobiography (p. 49-56)
Melbourne Matutinal Manifestationsi"Awake ye Muses, and of a morn Australian", R. H. R. S. , single work poetry (p. 57-59)
Printers' Proverbs in Australia, Edward Fitzgerald , single work essay (p. 59-64)
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